The craft room is still not entirely sorted out. I’ll get there – just not today!

What has really surprised me though, is the number of unfinished projects (UFOs) that I have come across while cleaning up.

Maybe I shouldn’t be surprised.

I mean, it’s not like I don’t know that I have a tendency NOT to finish things…

But there was SO MUCH left unfinished.

So instead of complaining about it, I am declaring all fridays will now be known as FINISHED OBJECT FRIDAY… and each week, I will commit to finishing off a project.

Earlier in the week, I came across this top which I had started for my daughter:

The bulk of the work was already done, but it was left lying around because it hadn’t been embellished yet.

So I got stuck into it, and it took less than an hour to finish off.

I’ve just looked over the pattern and realised that I made a slight change. When it came to the finishing off instructions, I ignored what was there, and simply worked a row of sc in the purple yarn – all the way around. Then I switched to the burgundy yarn, and with the wrong side of the work facing, I worked all the way around the cardi in slip stitch.

And I made two little flowers, one for the cardi and the other for the hair. The cardi fastens at the neck with a couple of press studs behind the flower.

Oh… the ACTUAL pattern might be useful to you!

It is the Bebop Cardi from Lion Brand Yarn and available free online if you click here. Actually, now that I think about it, you probably need to sign up as a member on their site first. Which is free to do anyway, and gives you access to a world of free patterns.

So… Little Miss Five LOVES the cardi… and was more than happy to model it for you all:

pattern used -

• Night Out On The Cape by Lisa Gentry
• found in Hooked For 30 Days e-book

yarn used -

• recycled yarns… a chenille and a ribbon yarn worked together
• between the green contrasts in the ribbon yarn and the soft texture of the chenille, this project totally reminds me of nature… of moss growing on an old piece of timber

hook used -

• 4.5mm bamboo

thoughts -

• I like the panels with the little hearts in them, but I really wasn’t sure about the long sections of chain
• the longer the garment ‘hangs’ for, the more the chains droop… and I’m starting to like the result
• there is also a pattern for a shawl pin with this cape… I only worked one round of the pattern, and added a bead every second stitch
• the ring of the shawl pin? it’s ONE of those wooden curtain rings, of course!